Political will a must for fair recruitment: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

 Appointment letters given to 22,958 youths

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that a free and fair recruitment process has been made possible in the State only due to a combination of strong political will and honesty of officials.

Sarma made this statement while addressing the gathering at a function at the Khanapara Veterinary ground here for ceremonial distribution of appointment letters to a section of appointees.

A total of 22,958 candidates were given appointment letters to various posts under 11 Government departments

today.

The Chief Minister said that no candidate had to pay a single paisa to secure jobs and all recruitments have been done on the basis of merit.

"We have turned a new leaf in appointments in Government departments by giving jobs to youths in a totally transparent manner. Therefore, I appeal to all newly-appointed youths not to seek any favour or gratification from anyone during their service careers. Don't run after extra income over and above your salary," he said.

He further urged newly-appointed police personnel to be tough against and criminals and 'soft' towards poor people.

The Chief Minister said that since 2011 he has been following the principle of not yielding to political compulsions when it comes to ensuring transparent and clean recruitment processes. He reiterated that honesty on the part of Government servants is a must to ensure clean recruitment processes.

"People's confidence can be won only if the recruitment process is transparent, otherwise some doubt persists in the public perception," he said.

Sarma added that the process has now started for fulfillment of the electoral commitment of providing one lakh jobs within the first year of the Government's tenure. He said another 8,000 youths will be provided with jobs within July.

"Our Government's first priority is to gradually get rid of corruption from various departments and I hope that the newly-appointed youths will cooperate in achieving this goal," the Chief Minister said.

Today, 8,867 candidates received appointment letters under the Home Department, 8,063 in the Education Department, 2,419 in Health, 330 in Public Health Engineering, 105 in Water Resources, 69 in Social Welfare, 55 in Agriculture, 23 in Forest, 17 in Labour Welfare, 8 in PWD and 2 in the Mines and Minerals Department.

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